The irony here is that the original moron is basically advocating for tax avoidance by people who wouldn't even be eligible to use Direct File.
This is nothing but destruction of a useful & popular tool for its own sake because it has no use to billionaires and hurts the poors.
So, I always regard Texags (a lunatic A&M fan page that once had a several thousand page Qanon thread and still has many esteemed q posters) as a way to get into the MAGA idiot mind. Here’s their thoughts.
Years ago, California did a pilot where they pre-filled in 50K folks taxes. You could sign in, edit it or do your own, just based on data they already had on you. Of course, filing and replacements went up.
Direct file is good because it makes it easier to file taxes. But honestly, our tax system is too complicated compared to other countries even with this. We shouldn’t have to file taxes when the government already has most of that information before I even file. (1/2)
Instead, the government should send me all of the tax information for the year it already has, or make it available in some online portal. And then I just add the things that need to be added, this would save so much back-and-forth for both parties. (2/2)
Yeah, while I always was pretty aware of this, I was made *acutely* aware of it when one year I had to download my unemployment insurance info and upload it myself to TurboTax, as if the government doesn’t already know how much they paid me!
Right? Ahd how much time and paper is wasted every year for employers to send W-2's to every employee, only to have us send that back to the government, when they already know that info because the company sends it to them too?
Our system is more complicated and "governments" of various levels do not always have the information
because
on both business and individual levels we have an intricate system of exceptions.
We made it complicated because we do not want to pay taxes.
If Musk wants to break the free tax filing system during tax season, let him.
This is one thing he can do that will piss people of all political affiliations. And of all the things he's breaking this is one of the easiest to rebuild.
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This is nothing but destruction of a useful & popular tool for its own sake because it has no use to billionaires and hurts the poors.
Tax prep industry shot it down asap.
because
on both business and individual levels we have an intricate system of exceptions.
We made it complicated because we do not want to pay taxes.
This is one thing he can do that will piss people of all political affiliations. And of all the things he's breaking this is one of the easiest to rebuild.